Sixty-four asembly members comprising six females and fifty-eight males were inaugurated at the ceremonial grounds of Cape Coast Metropolitan assembly sixth on Tuesday 15th .
The ceremony featured a number of speeches by important guests and also several cultural displays involving dance and music.
The ceremony featured a number of speeches by important guests and also several cultural displays involving dance and music.
The chairman Osabarima Kwesi Atta II made a poignant speech in which he emphasised the importance of the Assembly, saying that it ‘forms part of the governance of Ghana’, and that it brought government closer to communities. He also reminded those elected of the importance of keeping to the promises that they made and not turning their back on those that elected them, stating that their role was first and foremost to serve the people, to listen to their problems and to set an example, for ‘a better life in Cape Coast’.
The Metropolitan Chief Executive, Anthony Egyir Aikins disclosed that the Cape Coast Stadium,Kotokuraba and Kotoka markets would be constructed this year to give the city a facelift.
He implored Assembly members to ‘take decisions that will be in the best interests of Cape Coast’, and to show maturity, understanding and unity. In addition to this, he highlighted the crucial importance of completing projects on time.
He implored Assembly members to ‘take decisions that will be in the best interests of Cape Coast’, and to show maturity, understanding and unity. In addition to this, he highlighted the crucial importance of completing projects on time.
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Other issues raised during the day included helping children living on the street through fostering, family planning and education, and the increase in the charge for using public toilets. One individual even raised the possibility of opening a sports complex for Cape Coast.
The Assembly members were then sworn in by a High Court Judge, during which process they repeated their oaths together.
Another highpoint of the day was a speech from President John Atta Mills read by an individual at the ceremony. Mills heralded the inauguration as ‘an important milestone’ and ‘a mark of confidence that people have in you’.
- Frances Black (Projects Abroad)
Photography by Olivia Berry
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